Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sipto-, grown from *seyp-, *seyb- (to pour, rain, sift). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρύγ-οιπος (trúg-oipos, strainingcloth for wine), εἴβω (eíbō, to drop), Old English sipian (English seep).

Noun edit

հիւթ (hiwtʿ)

  1. element, matter
  2. humour; moisture; succulence
    հիւթ պտղոցhiwtʿ ptłocʿjuice; syrup
    հիւթ բուսոցhiwtʿ busocʿsap
    հիւթ մսոյhiwtʿ msoygravy
    հիւթ փորոտեացhiwtʿ pʿoroteacʿintestinal juices
    հիւթ ստամոքայինhiwtʿ stamokʿayingastric juice
    ապակային հիւթapakayin hiwtʿvitreous humour
  3. (figuratively) essence, substance, nature
  4. (figuratively) enthusiasm, zeal

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հյութ (hyutʿ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “հիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “հիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 409